35% in US say extreme weather affected them in past year - Atheist Nexus2015-03-04T01:17:10Zhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/35-in-us-say-extreme-weather-affected-them-in-past-year?groupUrl=hangwithfriends&commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A1930233&groupId=2182797%3AGroup%3A1248185&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Senate Climate Change Hea…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-04-19:2182797:Comment:19309332012-04-19T20:45:28.933ZRuth Anthony-Gardnerhttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/RuthAnthonyGardner
<p>The Senate Climate Change Hearing paid most attention to storm surge threats increasing due to rising sea levels.</p>
<blockquote><p>...<span class="article">by 2030, storm-driven floods reaching 4 feet above the high tide line will occur twice as often as today.</span></p>
<p><span class="article">Strauss presented the committee with data showing that there are nearly 300 energy facilities in the U.S. that are situated less than 4 feet above sea level, and 4.9 million Americans who live…</span></p>
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<p>The Senate Climate Change Hearing paid most attention to storm surge threats increasing due to rising sea levels.</p>
<blockquote><p>...<span class="article">by 2030, storm-driven floods reaching 4 feet above the high tide line will occur twice as often as today.</span></p>
<p><span class="article">Strauss presented the committee with data showing that there are nearly 300 energy facilities in the U.S. that are situated less than 4 feet above sea level, and 4.9 million Americans who live below the 4-foot mark, making them extremely vulnerable to flooding from a combination of sea level rise and storm surge.</span></p>
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<p><span class="article">How close are these threats to you?</span></p>
<p><span class="article"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.climatecentral.org/images/sized/images/uploads/news/CC-SLR-Map-425x319.gif"><img class="align-center" src="http://www.climatecentral.org/images/sized/images/uploads/news/CC-SLR-Map-425x319.gif"/></a></span></p>
<p>Keep Fukushima in mind, because some of these "energy facilities" are Nuclear Power Plants, in which case prevailing winds from their location to yours must be considered. Nuclear Power plants situated by the ocean or rivers for access to cooling water become a meltdown risk component in the larger Climate Destabilization risk equation.</p> We had an unseasonably warm w…tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-04-19:2182797:Comment:19302332012-04-19T01:12:23.501ZNatalie A Serahttp://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/NatalieASera
<p>We had an unseasonably warm winter here in Reno. On Jan. 1, there was NO snow on the mountains, which is unheard of! Toward the end of January we got a little snow, and now, mid-April, we are still getting snow flurries occasionally, although that's ALSO almost unheard of. The Donner Party should have picked THIS year to go over the Sierras!</p>
<p>We had an unseasonably warm winter here in Reno. On Jan. 1, there was NO snow on the mountains, which is unheard of! Toward the end of January we got a little snow, and now, mid-April, we are still getting snow flurries occasionally, although that's ALSO almost unheard of. The Donner Party should have picked THIS year to go over the Sierras!</p>